Six clichés trapped in a yellow submarine, on a mission, sinking fast: what’s worse, they’re taking us with them

The Deep (BBC One)Rev (BBC Two)Roger and Val Have Just Got In (BBC Two)

Amazing. They actually used a yellow submarine.

The problem with BBC One’s big new drama, The Deep, is that —
with the best will in the world — to a great many people the idea of James
Nesbitt being trapped 20,000ft below sea level, in a submarine running out
of oxygen, is essentially quite funny.

He’s gone down there to “probe” some mysterious “thermal vents”, as part of a
“scientific expedition”, hoo hoo hoo! But it all goes wrong, and the sub
gets snagged under some